Help! geForce3 ti200 not working on nForce2

[SleepyItes]

This is the first topic I have posted, so go easy please.

I have 4 motherboards:
Soyo Dragon Plus (VIA KT266A)
ECS K7S5A pro rev 5.0 (SiS chipset)
ECS NTU400-A (nforce2 ultra 400)
Shuttle XPC SN45G (nforce2 ultra 400)

I have 2 video cards:
Gainward GeForce3 Ti200
ATI AIW 9600XT

Here is my problem:
The Gainward video card works fine in both the Soyo and the ECS K7S5A motherboards, however it will simply not display anything in either of the nForce2 motherboards.

I think it might have something to do with the 8x AGP in those motherboards, since the Gainward is only 4x. I have heard that AGP 8x and 4x use different voltages, specifically AGP 8x uses .8v and AGP 4x uses 1.5v. However, all information I have read so far indicates motherboards supporting 8x agp should also support 4x. The manuals state that the motherboards have "1 AGP 8X slot" (not "1 AGP 8X/4X slot"). Has anybody experienced this problem?

What I have tried:
Disable AGP 8X
Lower AGP aperture
Clear CMOS
Reading the manuals
google

 

[Fern]

I think there is a cut at AGP 2X, these are the 3.3v cards. They'll keep a newer system from booting.
these cards dont fit very well into the current agp slot IIRC. They're shorter, leaving some "left-over" agp slot.


I think you should be OK with the G3 ti. I'm pretty sure I had a G2-GTS working in an abit NF7 last year.

 

[SleepyItes]

thanks Fern. I think it might just be a problem with my video card. I am going to try to use the TV-out functionality and see if that works.

edit: tv-out does not work either. i wonder if there is something wrong with my card.